Soul gems don’t work that way.

This isn’t Elder Scrolls.

Anyway, I started listening to this song called “Magia” by Kalafina a while ago, and thought that it was epic so I went to see what anime it was from. Turns out it was from something called Puella Magi Madoka Magica, or Mahou Shojo Madoka Magica in Japan. I started watching it, and absolutely fell in love! Not only is the animation beautiful, but the story is absolutely incredible! And the score is just freaking awesome (I’ve had Magia on repeat for the past four days no. No joke!). Check it out if you get a chance! I love the costume design as well, so it inspired me to design my own trio of magical girls! … Well sorta, its more what I imagine what two of my friends and I would look like if we became magical girls/puella magi

Here’s a list of the inspirations/wishes of the trio (if you watch the anime, you’ll see what I mean about the wishes):

(Just a note, those little designs by the trio’s heads are what their Soul Gems look like)

Left: Me!
Wish: To be able to defend the ones I love.

I wanted to do something armor/knight based, so I actually came up with the costume before I came up with the wish. Originally, it was supposed to be with a sword and shield, but I decided that was almost too stereotypical (plus Juliana, the middle girl, was originally going to have a claymore, so that’d be too many swords), so I looked back to the anime for an idea. I loved how Kyoko’s spear could extend, so I borrowed that idea, but made it a double-ended spear. That’s when I decided to have defensive/barrier magic associated with this particular costume; the separated segments of the spear could be used to create almost a wall of links, almost like a fence. … well, that’s how it works in my brain anyway XD

Middle: Juliana
Wish: To be the best artist in the world.

This is by far my favorite of the three costumes. I kinda went a little crazy with the design honestly I had to actually choose a wish for , because she couldn’t choose one! I figured that since art is part illusion (the illusion of depth), she should have illusion magic. That ended up playing into her costume design, with the optical illusion-inducing swirls. Coupled with her weapon being a paintbrush/pen (have you noticed I like double-sided weapons? ), I gave her improvisation magic as well. Her weapon works like the paintbrush from Okami in my head, meaning whatever she draws can “come to life”. Really, it’s just an illusion as she sneaks up on her enemies and stabs them with the “pen” side of her weapon.

Right: Claire
Wish: To have cat ears and a tail

Claire was kinda thrown in there last minute, so her design isn’ as concrete/elaborate as I would have liked, but I still like it I figured she’d wish for something cute, and the cat ears and a tail are something she wished she had for a while now, so it made sense to make her a cat girl. But, I couldn’t figure out how to translate that into her costume. I didn’t want to make it too close to the traditional cat girl costumes, so I ended up basing it more after her personality: active and upbeat. For her weapons, I figured that claws would be the most fitting. I didn’t show them off quite as well as I’d hoped, but it works for what it is As for what kind of magic she had, that stumped me too until I realized “wait, Cat Girls are adorable!”, so I gave her charm magic. And since there’s the whole “cat’s always land on their feet” thing, I thought that gravity magic would work for her too.

sweet bleeding jesus…

no

why would it

Well, making magical girls on Earth is his job. I really see nothing wrong with it.

Could you guys please tell me what you’d like taken down rather than just saying ‘the latest post’? Usually, by the time I get to these asks new posts have already been posted over them. Which one do you mean, exactly?

Name: Nanami Chinatsu

Personality: On the surface she is very sweet, friendly, and protective. Nanami cares very deeply for her friends, and is quite empathetic, feeling thier sorrows almost tenfold. But she also has yandere tendancies, as she hates seeing them upset, so if someone hurts them physically or mentally, she will always make sure there are repurcussions. (lol I can’t spell) It can be anything from a light scolding or smack on the back of the head, to full out torturing them or even worse, killing them. She also has acute nosocomephobia (fear of hospitals, doctors, illness, ect) and becomes very on-edge if she is around a medical facility of any kind. She is also prone to forgetting things.
Backstory: She used to live in a small town with her best and only friend, Misotaro. (Though she calls him Miso. SOUP. YAY.) But one day, there was an accident (don’t know what kind, still working on it) and Misotaro was rushed to the hospital. Nanami went immedeatly to see him, but she kept unintentionally getting in the way of the doctors. Still, he was comforted by her, so she stayed with him. But he suddenly felt a great deal of pain, and his heart stopped. They tried to push her away, but she snapped and attacked them, so nobody was able to reach him. By the time they supressed calmed her down, he was at the point of no return. Ultimatley, she killed her only friend. 

The next thing she knew, she was in a Mental Institute for her bought of insanity, and couldn’t remember a thing. It was frusterating that nobody would tell her anything, and that Misotaro was not coming to visit her. (No recollection of the accident or anything.) She began to feel very downtrodden and full of despair, when a magical creature appeared before her, and explained everything to her. But he also gave her a ray of hope, that she could bring back Misotaro and protect him and all of her other loved ones from misfortunes. She immedeatly accepted, and as soon as she did, her existance disappeared. It seems only Misotaro could remember her, but he cannot see, hear, or interact with her in any way. Ever since then, she has worked hard to protect him from afar, as well as making new friends with the other Puella Magi. She recently enrolled in the same school as Madoka, Sayaka…all those people. OTL

Wish: To bring Misotaro back to life and become his protector. (that’s like two wishes. IS THAT ALLOWED?)

Wish ability: She is able to sense coming events before the others, and without the use of her soul gem, therefore she can essentially prevent stuff from happening.

Other: As a sidenote, she is sentimental. For example, the reason she calls Misotaro “Miso” is because he is warm and comforting like soup apparently. SHE IS SO WEIRD.

As another sidenote, her going-into-yandere-mode phrase is
“I will remove all of the problems!”

If she says that , run away.

YET ANOTHER SIDE NOTE…
if she hurts someone’s feelings directly she will hurt herself physically as a punishment. 

Her Wish gave her one power, but I’m splitting it into bits to make it easier to comprehend! Sorry.

-Concept Existence:Yukari’s wish gave her a concept-like existence, similar to Madoka’s, because she wanted to be there “whenever” and “anywhere” for “anyone”. Because of these specifics, she needed to be able to exist in multiple times at once and would always be busy. Because of this, Yukari exists in many times at once. But because she isn’t very powerful, two Yukaris can never cross paths and she is not strong enough to be there for EVERYONE. Her weak powers cause her to frequently ‘skip’ people, but she is stil very busy. 
As a flaw to this ability, when Yukari is existing in multiple places at the same time she becomes incredibly sick and her soul gem taints faster. Usually, this is followed by her skipping to a new point in time, where no Yukaris exist, and skipping everyone between the jump. 

-Uncontrolled Teleportation: In order to meet the “anywhere” and “anyone” conditions, Yukari teleports. However, her teleportation is out of her control and ruled by her wish. Yukari is now trapped in an endless cycle as a result. The cycle starts when someone thinks “I need a friend!”. Yukari is teleported to them and stays by their side until they no longer “need” a friend. Sometimes, this means she becomes a schoolmate. Othertimes, Yukari will just sit there and give that person a hug and comfort them as best she can. However she accomplishes it, once she has helped that person she automatically teleports to the next person. Generally, this means leaving her new friends the moment they are happy and never seeing them again.
Naturally, this causes Yukari grief. Every time she teleports, Yukari’s soul gem suffers from a pretty decent tainting. 

Yukari is no stronger than any other Puella Magi. Her power is now out of her control and the cycle is spiraling downward. She is beginning to despair.

Wish: ” I want to be there whenever someone, anyone and anywhere, ever needs a friend! “

Backstory: Yukari Rin was born into an upscale family with an above average income and an influencial family business. She had two little sisters that she loved dearly, a caring mother, and a gentle father. Her aunt and uncle lived very close by and her grandparents had moved into the family’s home when Yukari was 7. She was well loved and enjoyed a spoiled family life.

Further more, she attended a local academy for the “richer kids”. Yukari’s school life was a shoujo drama with a happy ending. She befriended a boy from a lower class family when she got lost (he walked her home) and met many new people this way. When the Jr High entrance exams came around, Yukari and her friends studied together and got into a nice Jr High based solely on good grades. Yukari had learned that all of the money in the world and the best most expensive schools could not compare to what she learned from her best friends. At the end of Yukari’s shoujo drama, she had learned that The Power of Friendship was the most important thing you could have and could get you through any hardships.

But then, her shoujo drama of a life took a sour turn.

When Yukari was 15, the boy who introduced her to her happy life died in a car accident. Suddenly, happy Yukari’s eyes were opened to a not so perfect world. As she watched her classmates react, Yukari realized how painful the lonely feeling of not having her best friend was and began recognizing loneliness in other people, due to her empathetic nature. Kyuubey approached her one afternoon months later, when Yukari was cleaning her friend’s grave and sharing their favorite mochi. 

Though depressed, Yukari had something of a level head. She knew not to wish her friend back, because by this time she had realized that she had to move on. Instead, Yukari looked around her, reflected on everything she’d experienced, and made her naive wish.

” I want to be there whenever someone, anyone and anywhere, ever needs a friend! “

Yukari wanted to spread the happiness that her dear friend had given her to other people. It was a naive, foolish wish. Almost immediately, Yukari transformed to her magical girl form and her new life began.

Ever since that day, Yukari has had very little time to rest. Her wish causes her to be teleported without her control, and since there will always be someone somewhere who wants a friend, Yukari is stuck in this cycle forever. She has been drying tears, hugging the lonely, joking around with the depressed, and pulling lonely people out of their shells for what has probably added up to years now, as she often retraces her steps in her timeline. Whenever she is able to exist in places for a few days, Yukari spends her free time fighting witches and collecting grief seeds so that she can maintain her power.

In the RP timeline, Yukari Rin has been a magical girl for only eight months. If you counted the time she spends with people, it adds up to at least a year. And by this point, Yukari is growing tired. She is constantly making friends and making people happy, but the moment she makes a person happy she is forced away from them. Yukari’s days are filled with sadness because her wish only brings her to sad and lonely people. She often catches herself wishing that the people she visits would be miserable forever, so that she doesn’t have to be teleported, or regreting the wording of her wish. She is beginning to despair and is becoming lonely. Ironically, Yukari Rin, who wished to be there for anyone who wants a friend, is now one of the people wishing she had a friend.

This is awesome.

*goes back to finding things to post*

Kanade is a quiet girl at first glance, but she’s always ready for a fight and can be quite off the wall at times. She’s better than average grade-wise, but her real talent is, of course, in athletics. However, before becoming a mahou shoujo singing was her passion. She’s recently learned how to play various guitars though, and so has fallen in love with them. She’s very sweet and considerate unless you get in her way, in which case she will toss you to the curb like a bag of trash. On that note, she’s not prone to make permanent attachments to people because many have left her in the past, but she does enjoy the company of others.
—Her personality is one big contradiction! 

Her color is orange and her weapon of choice is a deep red guitar that she swings like a bat. However, she’s also adept at using her voice to sing and manifest physical spells to trap her foes. Kyubey is not the one who turned her into a mahou shoujo, and she’s not sure what happened to the messenger who did. (Another OC named “Hachibey.”) However, her wish was for immortality, in the sense that she will never grow old or die of old age or sickness. She is indeed quite killable though. Due to her wish being to be frozen in time, she has the ability to slow down others and speed up herself.

Also due to this wish, her soul gem is permanently attached to her back at the base of her neck. It protrudes partially when transformed so that it is visible as is on all other mahou shoujo. Otherwise it looks like a raised, upside-down sakura-petal-shaped scar from underneath her skin. It’s about the length of the back of her hand, and gets about half as wide. It’s peach colored with a gold border The soul gem sustains her body so it doesn’t age or get sick, but in exchange it gets muddled a lot faster because it’s constantly working. Also, while it’s not easy for her to lose, it’s easy for others to find…

Artist comments-

My wish: To be influential…

My power: Able to insert thoughts, feelings and memories into peoples minds to influence…

Weapon: A double weapon of a lance, that shrinks down to a crossbow. The spear end of the lance then fades and then reappears as a bolt for the bow. good for close distance on familiars and taking out the witch from a distance >:)

Homura recolor + Powers that surpass Madokami = NO.